Read the letter Lee la carta (Español) January 9, 2023 President of the United States Joseph Biden President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau cc. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly Dear President Biden, President…
Supreme Court Title 42 Decision Betrays U.S. Obligations to Asylum Seekers
Today, the Supreme Court stopped the lifting of Title 42, a COVID-19 related expulsion policy at the U.S. border that nobody claims is justified on public health grounds.
Refugee Protection Act of 2022: Asylum and Refugee Protection Fit for the Twenty-First Century
Refugees International endorses the introduction of the RPA of 2022 and urges Congress to consider it a blueprint for a comprehensive update of our refugee protection system.
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FrankNews’s Tatti Ribeiro spoke with Yael Schacher about migrants and diplomacy.
Rohingya Resettlement to United States a Welcome and Significant Step
The U.S. announcement of a resettlement program for Rohingya from Bangladesh is a welcome and highly significant step toward addressing the Rohingya crisis.
89 Organizations Urge the Biden Administration to Build Fair and Humane Asylum System Following End of Title 42
A federal court struck down the use of Title 42 to summarily expel migrants. Now the Biden administration must fulfill its promise to build a humane immigration system and reject any congressional efforts to extend or codify Title 42 or otherwise dismantle the U.S. asylum system.
Immigration Restriction Then and Now: Re-Examining the Impact and Legacy of the 1921 and 1924 Immigration Acts
What can the history of immigration restriction can tell us about today’s debates about immigrants?
With End of Title 42, Biden Administration Must Restart Asylum Processing at the Border
A federal court in Washington, DC has declared unlawful what Refugees International has long shown to be true: Title 42 was unjustified and harmful.
Supplementary Protection Pathways to the United States: Lessons from the Past for Today’s Humanitarian Parole Policies
Parole must be used to supplement rather than replace refugee resettlement and asylum. The Biden administration can take lessons from the past to reform its current use of parole.
Refugees International Eyewitness: Pushbacks of Venezuelans on the Guatemalan Border
Countries in the Western Hemisphere must work together to ensure Venezuelans are provided protection and opportunity.